Collection: GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: February 18, 1971 (check for other copies)
Venue: Capitol Theater
Location: Port Chester, NY

Source: 7" two track BBD reel w/ Dolby A @ 7 1/2 ips > PCM501ES (beta) > PCM501ES analog out > Dolby A decoder > Apogee filter > analog in PCMF1/PCM501ES analog out > Fostex D5 @ 48 kHz > WBOTB Master DAT (DAT-1).
Lineage: Jace's DAT (48 KHz) playback on Sony PCM-R500, AES digital output > Benchmark DAC1, XLR analog output > Grace Lunatec V3, sample rate at 96 KHz, AES digiout) > AES digital input, professional mode/sync - LynxTwo soundcard in E6400 dual core processor-based PC > HD as 24 bit/96 KHz WAV > Ozone 3.0 > MBIT+ dithering to 16/44.1 KHz WAV > CDWAV 1.9 (tracking) > FLAC (level 8). Recording, editing and mastering with Wavelab 5.0. All cables were Mogami Gold 0.3m pro-audio XLR cables. All components in the transfer/mastering chain were powered from a Cyberpower 1285AVR noise-attenuated uninterruptible AC power supply.
Taped by: Betty Cantor
Transferred by: Chris L.
Keywords: Soundboard; Betty Cantor; Jace Crouch; Tim Deibert; Chris Ladner; Trailmix

Description

Set 1

Bertha
Truckin'
It Hurts Me Too
Loser
Greatest Story Ever Told ->
Johnny B. Goode
Mama Tried
Hard To Handle
Dark Star ->
Wharf Rat ->
Dark Star ->
Me And My Uncle

Set 2

Casey Jones
Playing In The Band
Me And Bobby McGee
Candyman
Big Boss Man
Sugar Magnolia
Saint Stephen ->
Not Fade Away ->
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
Not Fade Away ->
Uncle John's Band

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Reviewer: Gwydion6 - - May 10, 2013
Subject: Pigpen's contribution to the beautiful jam
So everyone's praising the beautiful dialogue between the string men and drummers, but...isn't that Pigpen playing keys very softly in the background? I thibnk that's beautiful too and really adds to the jam.

Reviewer: rschwz28 - - July 10, 2012
Subject: to thankutapers
December 5, 1971 in NYC is a must have. Best Jack Straw, Brown-Eyed, Tennessee, Ramblin'.

They were being simulcast over WNEW-FM, and they put in extra effort. Jerry played with NRPS for 90 minutes to open the show, and there's even some good talk with Bill Graham and Scott Muni between sets. Bill tells how he ran down and tackled a ticket thief outside the Garden just before the show! Also Graham cursing the people who were standing on the seats.

One more note to thankutapers: start at May of 1972, (Pigpen's last performance with the band) and work your way backward.

Reviewer: PigpenLives - - November 21, 2010
Subject: multiple sources here?
Hard To Handle through Me And My Uncle sounds like it came from an alternative source. It's a bit echo-y and mono-ish compared to the rest of the recording. It's different enough that I'm surprised to see no mention of it anywhere in the notes.

Reviewer: Hashjihad - - September 29, 2010
Subject: BEST OF!?!?!?
This is the most cohesive mellow and beautiful jam out of dark star I have ever heard, and I have heard a couple. Even the feelin groovy jams don't have this vibe.

Reviewer: thankutapers - - June 24, 2010
Subject: 1971
my 1st concert was a dead show 16 in 1990 of course u love the shows youve been 2 so i really got into the 90's (jerry man we miss u) but every1 talks about the 70's never really got into just 7o's dead but man they where tight on fire for me definitly there gratest years sure there r special nuggets throughout the years but musicly speaking wow,any must have 70's show i should get??besides the whole decade???

Reviewer: raindep - - June 9, 2010
Subject: ...jam out of wharf rat...
...for those keeping score, and who like to reference jams with some reference to the language of music, bob weir is moving in a scaler fashion to a Bminor, from the Asus2, creating the feel for the first 3 minutes of this very nice piece of improvisation...what makes it so cohesive is the fact that phil actually stays with him, instead of moving into the cosmos with it...though not the most daring jam I have heard, extremely easy on the ears, and quite beautiful..."I was born too late...blame it on..."

Reviewer: P.M. Kramer - - March 15, 2010
Subject: fine old wine
finding this is like opening the cellar door and find the perfect bottle of wine. it goes down smooth
and has a long finish. long live PCNY.

Reviewer: NYLifer - - February 18, 2010
Subject: Firsts
Grateful Dead, 02/18/1971
Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY

Disc I - Set I
01 Bertha*
02 Truckin'
03 It Hurts Me Too
04 Loser*
05 Greatest Story Ever Told* >
06 Johnny B. Goode
07 Mama Tried
08 Hard To Handle
09 Dark Star >
10 Wharf Rat* >
11 "Beautiful Jam" >
12 Dark Star >
13 Me & My Uncle

Disc II - Set II
01 Chandelier incident
02 Casey Jones
03 Playin' In The Band*
04 Me And Bobby McGee
05 Candyman
06 Big Boss Man
07 Sugar Magnolia
08 Saint Stephen >
09 Not Fade Away >
10 Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad >
11 Not Fade Away >
12 Uncle John's Band

*First public performance.

Reviewer: ah_uh_oh_um - - August 17, 2009
Subject: The GRATEFUL DEAD "Live On Stage" February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theater, Port Chester, New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Classic 71' Sound.

Get all the shows at the Capitol Theater, February 18,19,20,21, 1971.

A hop, skip and a jump from NYC, Port Chester was a great place to see the DEAD.

Garcia uses his WAH-WAH pedal on "Sugar Magnolia".

I recommend using your EQ during playback of most of the shows on the IA, this one included.

Windows Media Player has a 10 band EQ and SRS WOW effects that enhance the sound.

Here's one way to stream/download this show:

The IA recommends users of Windows XP view this web-page with RealPlayer.

RealPlayer is a free media player you can download at www.realplayer.com.

Using RealPlayer to view this webpage, click the VBR M3U link to open the songs in the Playlist.

If your Playlist is not open, open it by clicking the Playlist icon at the lower right hand corner of RealPlayer.

Once the songs are in the Playlist, double click the song to play it, then click the record button at the lower left hand corner of Realplayer to record it.

When the red line reaches the other end click the stop button to download the song. Your song is in the RealPlayer Downloads folder.

Repeat these steps for each song.

OR

Hook up audio cables (1/8th inch stereo male jack with two rca male jacks at the other end) from your headphone jack on your computer to your audio input on your Reel to Reel, Cassette,VHS, CD, DVD, MP3, recorder and record it in real time...duh?

Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD, for tomorrow we may die....

Thanks for the LOVE from 1971.

Reviewer: JMITCHELL - - August 17, 2009
Subject: Amazing
Wonderful jam there going back into Dark Star. You can find another divinely inspired Dark Star in 1972-03-23. There is another breathtaking jam that takes place at the end of that one.

Reviewer: Sviatapolk - - August 6, 2009
Subject: Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Dark Star
The title of my post says all that needs to be said. Even if you've had your fill of (the many excellent) 1971 Dead Shows the Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Dark Star ranks up there with the greatest jams in Dead history. I will be so bold as to say that the jam between Wharf Rat and Dark is probably the greatest 5 minutes of pure improvisation I've heard. The dialogue between Jerry, Bob, Phil, and the drummers really get to the heart of what the Dead were all about.

Reviewer: jstlkwlfmnjack - - June 5, 2009
Subject: awesome
i have completely fallen in love with this lil gem!!!! i cannot believe only 2000 ppl have downloaded it! i cannot believe on 2 ppl have commented about it?!?!?!? people.... GET THIS SHOW!!! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AMAZING! awesome set list, awesome quality! so many firsts, such grate banter and explanations, "mickey wants to call this 'the pump up song' for reasons of his own" FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Reviewer: Det. Harry Ratcock - - March 14, 2009
Subject: concentration
I stared drinking LUCKY LAGER a few years later.

few enjoyable show.

Reviewer: Burnt Rich - - February 18, 2009
Subject: Spawning Grounds
Epic. truly one of the greatest shows on this site. Look at all those first time played, absolute classic tunes......Wonderful sound. Thanks for your work.

Notes

Original WBOTB DATs procured & circulated in 1996 by Jace Crouch and Tim Deibert. Thanks to trailmix for providing the lineaged master DAT for transfer.

*First public performance.
- d2t08: Reel flip at 04:48 of "Saint Stephen" crossfaded.
- Approximately 1:39 were removed from the lengthy dead space/tuning preceding "Loser" allowing the entire first set to fit on a single 80 minute disc, while keeping in Bob's "Second oldest ritual" comment... that's a fact....
- Intermittent faint audible artifacts/pops were attenuated using manual pencil redraw under high magnification. These were retrospectively found on all other circulating recordings from this performance. They were most abundant at the beginning of "Dark Star" and also at the start of "Wharf Rat". There are a few spots still remaining in "Wharf Rat" that are just too embedded to get out - sounds like minor transient peak distortion.
- The notorious broad-peaked high pitched whine centered 8000-8100 KHz range was removed using a digital paragraphic equalizer (Waves Q6) with 2 narrow/notch bands (Q set maximal @ 100, -12 dB) set at just under and over 8000K for the first reel and just under and over 8100KHz for the last 3 reels. Previously circulating sources either used a wider band filter or a noise reduction approach performed on low bit/sample rate files which yields suboptimal results. All processing on this transcription was performed at 24/96 resulting in a much smoother transparent sound.